1. Healthy ageing directions -- Australian healthy ageing and health research -- Global directions in healthy ageing research and policy -- The brief and the report -- 2. Who needs information and why -- Information needs of the different stakeholders -- Government policy and program managers -- Service provider organisations -- Advocacy organisations -- The older ageing population itself and informal carers -- The private sector -- The wider community Information sources -- Individual telephone interviews with State policy officers -- Group State consultations with stakeholders -- What is healthy ageing research? -- Priority areas for research on healthy ageing -- Barriers to effective use of research findings -- Access to and dissemination of research findings -- 3. Who provides research? -- Information collection -- The web-based survey of researchers -- 1996 and 2000 Australian ageing research directories -- What is healthy ageing research? -- The context of healthy ageing research in Australia -- Funding of healthy ageing research in Australia -- Current research on healthy ageing in Australia -- Topic areas in the Australian Ageing Research Directory -- Priority topic areas of research and types of research on healthy ageing based on the survey of researchers -- Barriers to the application of research findings to policy International and national research agendas -- 4. Ways ahead -- The issues: why research healthy ageing at this time? -- The priorities: what are the key research needs on healthy ageing? -- Towards a strategic approach -- Dissemination of findings -- National directions for priority topics -- Priority research topic area and key points -- A framework for systematic national effort-how can we go about organising coordination of healthy ageing research? -- Existing national structures -- A national institute on healthy ageing and research funding program -- A network of State centres -- Longitudinal studies -- Conclusion.proving proces
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"This report was prepared for the Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council" -- T.p